But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.
King Tirian to Jill in C. S. Lewis’ The Last Battle
merely human musings on [my] life “between the paws” — faith, yearnings, joys, ambiguities, friendship, and discovery within the Realm I live and long for.
on the church…
Jesus, "Yes!" Church, "No!" This seems to be the sentiment among many in our culture today. The interest in "spiritual things" and Jesus has not waned. But the relevancy of the Church is in question, as is the general perception that the Church is, by and large, a decaying building filled with white-haired people who are hostile, self-isolating, and afraid of the world around them. In some quarters, the Church has endeavored to combat this stereotype by attempting to make herself more relevant by watering down our theological confessions, secularizing the Gospels, and redefining moral truth. The results have been just as disastrous…
kingdom mission is church mission, church mission is kingdom mission, and there is no kingdom mission that is not church mission.
- Scott McKnight